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(No ModeL) M. ALSHULER.

TAG.

No. 341,205. Patented May 4, 1886.

WW Tal-Ley Unirse STATES Armar @Prier-rC MOSES ALSHULER, OF MATTOON,ILLINOIS.

TAG.

@PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,205, dat-ed May 4:,1886.

Application filed September 10, 184. Serial lo. 142,574.

To all whom it may concern:

Mattoon, in the county -of Coles and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Tags; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the let-ters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in price-tags and fasteners orholders therefor, and more particularly to that class of tags which aresecured to the cloth by means of a spiral fastener-such, for instance,as is illus trated in an application for a patent made by me upon the11th day of February, 1884, and now pending.

The tag herein illustrated is more especially intended for attachment tothe surface of goods in such manner as to lie flat thereon.

The fastening device for the said tag con sists of a spirally-coiled pinor fastener pro vided with a head at one end-such as is described andshown in the application above referred to which is used in connectionwith a tag made of two separate layers of paper, through one only ofwhich the point of the fastener' is inserted, the tag being secured tothe cloth by passing the fastener first through the cloth and then intothe tag, in an obvious manner. The coiled portion of the pin ispreferably cone-shaped and formed of flexible wire, so that the coilsthereof may be bent into the same plane, and will lie flat between thelayers of paper composing the tag when inserted between the latter.construction in the tag and fastener is to cover the point of the spiralpin when the tag is fastened to the cloth, and also to provide a smoothsurface upon the side of the tag opposite to that which is in contactwith the cloth, upon which the necessary designating marks or figuresmay be placed.

The tag formed of two layers, as above described, may consist of twoseparate layers of paper secured together at their margins andunattached at their central portions, so that the layers may separate toallow the free entrance of the spiral coil between them, the lower layerusually being provided with a cen- The object of this (No model.)

tral aperture, through which the point of the pin is inserted. The layerthrough which the pin is inserted may, however, be made of paper of acomparatively soft and spongy nature, so that the end of the coil willreadily penetrate it, and in such case the layers may be pasted at theiredges only, so as to form a eentral free space, as before mentioned; orthe layers may be pasted together throughout their entire area, and thespiral portion of the pin allowed to insert itself in the soft or spongylayer, the relative `hardness of the upper layer or outer face of thetag in the latter case obviously serving to preventthe point of the pinfrom passing into said outer layer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional perspective viewof a tag consisting of two layers of paper, showing a fastener appliedto secure such tag upon the cloth. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of afastener detached from the tag. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectionthrough the tag illustrated in Fig. l, and the cloth to which such tagis attached.

A is the tag-fastener, which consists of wire bent in a spiral form andprovided with a head, a, at one end, and sharpened to form a point atits opposite end. The head c may be made in any well-known or desiredmanner.

In the form of the device illustratedin Figs. l and 3, the head consistsof a small knob, button, or disk attached to or formed upon the end ofthe wire, and, as illustrated iu Fig. 2, the said head is formed by asmall coil upon the end of the wire composing the fastener.

The tag B consists of a flat layer, B, of paper having a suitably-hardsurface for marking with pencil or pen, and a second layer,B',preferably secured at its edges only to the part B', so as to form thecentrally-open space, into which thel spiral part of the pin A mayfreely enter, having been inserted through the layer B2. The said layerBl may be desirably provided with a central aperture, b, to freely admitthe point of the pin in securing the tag; but such aperture is obviouslynot necessary, inasmuch as said layer B may be formed of paper of arelatively soft or spongy nature, so that the point of the pin may bereadily inserted through it. Aform of the coil in which the latter is ofconical shape, as illustrated, is preferred, in order that when the coilis inserted between the layer composing the tag they may be bent intothe same plane, so as to form a flat spiral, as clearly shown in Fig. l.

In order t0 enable the tag to be drawn and held closely against thesurface of the cloth, the spiral fasteningis preferably coiled in acontinuous curve from its head to its point, or, in other words, anystraight part or shank adjacent to the head is absent, so that after thepoint of the pin is inserted through between thelayers of papercomposing the tag the latter may be drawn closely against the surface ofthe cloth by turning the fastener until the greater portion of the coilhas entered the tag. j

The layer B2, when of a soft or spongy nature, need not necessarily beunattached in its central portions to form a central open space for theentrance of the fastener, as above described; but the layers may bepasted together throughout their entire area, and the spiral coilpermitted to embed itself in the spongy paper adjacent to the surface ofthe harder layer, B.

In the operation or" inserting the fastener, when constructed as lastmentioned, thepoint of the pin, after passing through the soft layer B2,encountering the relatively-hard layer B', comprising the imperforatefront face of the tag, Will obviously be unable to penetrate said hardlayer, but will be deected thereby and remain in the soft layer.

I claim as my invention-f I. A tag and fastener therefor, consisting ofa spirally-coiled fastener pointed at one end and provided with a headat its opposite end, and a tag formed of two `joined layers of paper,the inner one of which is adapted, substantially as described, for theinsertion of the point of the pin. 4o

2. The combination, with a spirally-coiled fastener pointed and providedwith a head, of a tag consisting of two layers of paper secured togetherat their edge only, the inner of said layers being provided withanaperture to admit the point of the fastener, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I afiix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

MOSES ALSHULER.

Vitnesses: if

M. E. DAYTON,

OLIVER E. PAGIN,

